White
White v. PayPal, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TODD WHITE, Case No. 19-cv-08015-DMR
Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
v.
PAYPAL, INC., Defendant.
On December 6, 2019, Plaintiff Todd White filed a complaint against Defendant PayPal, Inc. (“PayPal”) and an application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). [Dockets No. 1 (“Compl.”), 2.] The court now orders Mr. White to show cause as to why his complaint should not 14 be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction, and a “federal 15 court is presumed to lack jurisdiction in a particular case unless the contrary affirmatively appears.” 16 Stock W., Inc. v. Confederated Tribes, 873 F.2d 1221, 1225 (9th Cir. 1989) (citations omitted). A federal 17 court may exercise either federal question jurisdiction or diversity jurisdiction. Mr. White’s complaint 18 contains only state law claims for breach of contract, fraud, and violations of California Business & 19 Professions Code § 17200, et seq. Because these claims do not give…